The numbers were made up by a large gull feeding flock at Pagham Spit and also a significant increase in Dunlin and Ringed Plover numbers in the harbour with 274 and 200 respectively. It didn't pick up until mid-morning and there were a few Yellow Wagtails and a Tree Pipit going over first thing.
It didn't pick up until mid-morning and there were a few Yellow Wagtails and a Tree Pipit going over first thing.
171 species recorded this year by the community with some great patterns and trends appearing in the bar charts and even more interesting patterns by deep diving into the data.
With a 0915 four meter high tide I wasn't expecting too much as a four meter high tide rarely covers all the mud but with the surge it was okay and moved a lot of the harbour birds around.
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It didn't pick up until mid-morning and there were a few Yellow Wagtails and a Tree Pipit going over first thing. With a 0915 four meter high tide I wasn't expecting too much as a four meter high tide rarely covers all the mud but with the surge it was okay and moved a lot of the harbour birds around. I bumped into Paul Bowley (the Pom King) and had 75 species in about 4 hours of over 5500 individuals HERE.
There was a strong southeast wind today which was unusual. The eclipse male Pintail was in the channel, as were 3 Spotted Redshanks, with 8 Greenshank around and most unsual was a juvenile Little Ringed Plover hiding amongst the Ringed Plovers (not an association on salt marsh I have seen before). Norton so I drove over there after breakfast and located a juvenile.
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